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This week Ryan talks SpaceX shop, Jared says farewell to OmegA, gets a GEM of a booster, considers ULA considering Vulcan Heavy, and watches Astra's Rocket 3.1 perform a test flight. A single launch and a launch failure from China are our Space Traffic for the week. The Sun has been quiet, but the Earth doesn't get a break in Dr. Tamitha Skov's Space Weather forecast. The mystery of China's "reusable experimental spacecraft" deepens, and NASA's Juno mission asks for a worthy extension. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join TMRO on Discord: https://discord.gg/9NCFaE GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:41 | SpaceX Update with Ryan Caton 02:08 | Northrop Grumman officially ends OmegA 03:06 | GEM 63 motors set for debut 05:31 | ULA is looking at Vulcan evolution 07:32 | Astra performs Rocket 3.1's test flight 10:09 | Space Traffic 11:59 | Space Weather with Dr. Tamitha Skov 13:56 | It's a spaceflight [insert your idea here]! 16:50 | Thank you all who help make TMRO possible! 17:53 | SECO-11 18:14 | Jared can't words

This week's TMRO:News has Ryan covering Starship SN6's hop and the Vacuum Raptor [VacRap?] reveal. Jared covers Northrop Grumman's Flight Support Booster test, the Space Launch System getting even more expensive, and RocketLab officially flying their first kickstage-turned-spacecraft Photon. Two launches this week: the return to flight of Arianespace's Vega, and a mysterious spaceplane from China. We wrap up the episode with a meaty bonanza. GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:40 | SpaceX Update with Ryan Caton 02:24 | Flight Support Booster Test 03:20 | SLS gets more expensive...again... 05:22 | RocketLab flies their first Photon 08:13 | Space Traffic 10:26 | A Big 'Ol Honkin' Dang Spaceflight Bonanza 15:53 | Thank you all! 17:02 | SECO-6 17:12 | LOS And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join

This week on TMRO:News we start off with Ryan giving us a long run-down of all the SpaceX happenings, then Jared tells us about NROL-44’s Delta IV Heavy performing its best Starship impression, long time friend of the show Masten Space Systems on track for the Moon, and NASA happy enough with Boeing’s Starliner corrections to begin schedule-making. Space Traffic sees an ISS departure and two launches, and Dr. Tamitha Skov delivers this week’s Space Weather. A quick bonanza comes after. To wrap us up, we say goodbye to Skylab astronaut Gerald Carr. GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:41 | SpaceX Update with Ryan Caton 02:44 | NROL-44 Hotfire Abort 07:11 | Masten to the Moon! 09:10 | NASA sets Starliner’s Schedule 12:15 | Space Traffic 15:29 | Space Weather with Dr. Tamitha Skov 18:18 | A Short Spaceflight Bonanza 19:38 | Thanks 20:27 | In Memoriam: astronaut Gerald Carr And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join Want some more Dave Masten? Have at it: Spacevidcast 7.22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IUfDWqj2uI TMRO Orbit 8.03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZafCDCq8U TMRO Orbit 8.24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qst176SCZEI TMRO Orbit 9.34: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2FhQlKdkgM TMRO Orbit 10.32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideu4_cU0l0 TMRO Orbit 10.34: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqAemx2ZdEs

Alternate title: Cash Rules Launch Services Around Me We return from a nice, long break rested and ready to deliver to you what's happening off of the Earth. Ryan dives right in to a busy time for SpaceX [we'll have SN-6's static fire in our next News], Jared delivers the details on RocketLab's last reusability system test before flight and Northrop Grumman's first test of the new GEM 63XL Solid motor. We hope you've got your wallets and lungs ready, as we take a detailed look at which of the four major aerospace companies in the United States has won the Big Pentagon™ money in the recently awarded National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement. Let's bounce back between China and South America for a pair of launches. Then our weekly Space Weather with Dr. Tamitha Skov, looks like we got a little lucky! We wrap it up with a Bonanza closeout updating the status of the three mission en-route to Mars, the X-37B winning the Collier Trophy, and damage to Arecibo Observatory [thanks Sean Bean]. GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:42 | SpaceX Update w/Ryan Caton 03:00 | Last RocketLab Reusability Test 04:27 | Northrop Grumman's first GEM 63XL test 05:30 | The Pentagon selects two launch providers for Phase 2 contracts 10:30 | Space Traffic 12:38 | Space Weather w/Dr. Tamitha Skov 15:45 | Jared's Spaceflight Bonanza 18:10 | Thank's y'all! 18:59 | Stay safe, stay healthy, and keep exploring! 19:18 | 67 seconds of bloopers Jared had way too much coffee. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join

Starting off TMRO:News this week Ryan takes us on a hop, skip, and a splash in his SpaceX Update. Jared covers RocketLab and Virgin Orbit finding their respective anomalies, along with Virgin Galactic unveiling the customer cabin of SpaceShipTwo. An independent safety panel convened by NASA aims squarely at Boeing's Starliner, but SpaceX also gets some stern words as well. Space Traffic sees a pair of launches: one Mars rover, and a set of Russian comsats. Dr. Tamitha Skov delivers this week's Space Weather with the northern hemisphere of the Sun beginning to pick up activity. Jared wraps us up with some info on upcoming Ariane 5 flight tests that Arianespace will run to accommodate the James Webb Space Telescope. And of course: thank you all for your support! And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:45 | SpaceX Update w/Ryan 03:26 | RocketLab determines their Electron anomaly 05:38 | Virgin Orbit releases LauncherOne test flight details 06:40 | Virgin Galactic shows off SpaceShipTwo crew cabin 07:51 | A NASA safety panel warns on both Boeing and SpaceX 09:52 | Space Traffic 12:11 | Space Weather with Dr. Tamitha Skov 14:17 | Ariane 5 to test James Webb launch hardware 15:41 | Hey! You! Thank you! 16:20 | Catch you soon!

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Indeed we're starting off the week of July 29th with a July 30th upload. Ryan tells us about the recent wet developments at SpaceX. Then Jared drops into a deep dive on the three new Mars missions: Hope from the United Arab Emirates, Tianwen-1 from China, and the Perseverance rover and Mars Helicopter Ingenuity from NASA. We get a single launch from China this week. Dr. Tamitha Skov wraps up with space weather and an actual Mars weather report, you're going to want to stick around to catch that. NASA's stream for the launch of Curiosity at 1150UTC: https://youtu.be/JIB3JbIIbPU And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:44 | SpaceX Update w/Ryan 02:34 | Your Mars mission deep dive starts here 02:46 | Hope Mars Orbiter, from the United Arab Emirates 05:57 | Tianwen-1, an orbiter/lander/rover from China 08:32 | Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter from NASA 15:25 | Space Traffic 16:23 | Space Weather w/Dr. Tamitha Skov 19:18 | Thankies 20:02 | Bye bye for now 20:20 | Bloopers

This week on TMRO:News we've got Ryan talking the breakneck speed SpaceX is building in turnaround Falcon 9 Stage 1s, Jared covers the final preps that are underway for the launch of NASA's Perseverance rover. We've got four launches, two of them heading to Mars! Dr. Tamitha Skov delivers this week's Space Weather, highlighting how it can affect probes on the way to planets. We wrap it up with a small smattering of stories from Jared in his Bonanza. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join Special thanks to Lupi for the photo of ANASIS-II launching that we used in our thumbnail, check out more of their photography here: https://awildlupi.smugmug.com/ GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:46 | SpaceX Update w/Ryan 03:00 | NASA's Perseverance rover is set for launch 04:09 | Space Traffic 07:39 | Space Weather w/Dr. Tamitha Skov 10:23 | A Small Spaceflight Bonanza w/Jared 12:23 | You got any Comet NEOWISE images? Tweet them at us! 12:52 | All we have to say is "Thank you!" 13:33 | SECO 13:57 | Bloopers

This week in TMRO:News Ryan gives us a breaking leg of a SpaceX Update, Jared covers NASA and Boeing finalizing fixes to Starliner, the continuing saga of the US DoD small launcher contracts, and interest from the US DoD in utilizing the Dream Chaser spaceplane. Three launches are covered: a rare launch from Israel, and one success with one failure from China. Dr. Tamitha Skov delivers this week's Space Weather, and Jared wraps it up with a quick off-Earth Bonanza. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:37 | SpaceX Update w/Ryan 02:49 | NASA & Boeing finalize investigation into OFT-1 04:47 | The Never Ending Story of US DoD's SmallSat Launch Contracts 05:56 | US DoD Looks to Dream Chaser for a special project 07:04 | Space Traffic 09:21 | Space Weather w/Dr. Tamitha Skov 11:55 | Another Spaceflight Bonzana w/Jared 13:42 | How to view Comet NEOWISE 15:20 | Thank you all so much, catch ya soon! 16:18 | Bloopers Looking for Comet NEOWISE? NASA's got you covered: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-see-comet-neowise

In this week's edition of TMRO:News Ryan delivers your weekly SpaceX Update, Jared talks about the United Kingdom's acquisition of OneWeb, the beginnings of a new NASA launch contract and the DoD rescinding their own launch contracts, a launch from China and RocketLab's Electron loss of vehicle, your weekly Space Weather forecast and Comet NEOWISE updates from Dr. Tamitha Skov, and a quick look at some more slippage for the launch of Mars rover Perseverance and the July 1st spacewalk on the International Space Station. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join 00:00 | Intro 00:50 | SpaceX Update w/Ryan Caton 02:56 | Arianespace secures $1.2B 05:00 | The UK officially buys OneWeb 07:43 | NASA prepares two challenging smallsat launch contracts 08:28 | The US DoD rescinds recent smallsat launch contracts 09:08 | Space Traffic 09:54 | RocketLab's Electron suffers a launch failure 10:59 | Space Weather w/Dr. Tamitha Skov 13:33 | Jared's Call-It-What-You Want Yeehaw Bonanaza Spaceflight Get On It Let's Talk About It Right Now 15:40 | Ever thankful to all of you who help us at TMRO 16:48 | Names That Shan't Be Repeated

This week Ryan covers so much in his SpaceX Update that we really can't write it all down here, Jared goes back to a former guest, Relativity Space, with their new contract gains, and NASA HQ is renamed after the hidden figure Mary Jackson. Dr. Tamitha Skov relays our weekly space weather, and we wrap up with another Yeehaw Spaceflight Get Launchin' Little Doggies Bonanza. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:37 | SN7 Lets Itself Go 02:53 | Relativity Space grabs a contract 06:26 | NASA names HQ after Mary Jackson 07:32 | Upcoming Launches 08:45 | Space Weather 10:26 | Another Jared's Yeehaw Spaceflight Get Launchin' Little Doggies Bonanza 14:23 | We like you, we really really like you 15:29 | Special cameo from United Airlines Flight 2851

Ryan starts us off with a Starlink and Starship update. Jared discusses New Horizons testing an interesting effect called "interstellar parallax", along with the two previous launches this week, all from China, and another classic Yeehaw Spaceflight Get Launchin' Little Doggies Bonanza. We wrap it up with your weekly Space Weather with Dr. Tamitha Skov. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER: 00:00 | Intro 00:35 | SpaceX Starship SN7 Tank 02:34 | New Horizons, OH SNAP! 06:07 | Weekly Rocket Launches 07:36 | Jared's Yeehaw Spaceflight Bonanza 09:42 | Space Weather 12:35 | You're the bestest! 13:52 | The glory of Jared

This week Ryan delivers his SpaceX Update covering the latest Starlink launch. Jared talks about NASA officially choosing Astrobotic to land their upcoming VIPER lunar rover, and shows off a special announcement from United Launch Alliance's CEO Tory Bruno. And we're pleased to have Dr. Tamitha Skov return to deliver your space weather update! And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join Here's Mrs. Bruno's cookie recipe: https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1271144537327579136

Ryan covers the Starlink launch and gives a brief rundown of Starship updates and a short history of "Just Read The Instructions". Jared talks briefly about the impact of upcoming megaconstellations on astronomy, NASA's habitation module contract for Gateway, and projects finally resuming after their pause for the health of workers. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join

During DM-2 Commander Doug Hurley had a touching moment that has deep ties to STS-107 or the final fight of Space Shuttle Columbia. It was a very touching moment that was very fast, quite subtle and easy to miss. We go in to detail as to what happened and the meaning behind it. Jared covers traditions and US spacecraft test flights. We wrap with Dr. Tamitha Skov giving us a busy space weather update and some knowledge on how it affects rockets. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join "Tradition, Tragedy, Tribute: The Story of Doug Hurley, Bob Behnken, Columbia, and Endeavour" - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/05/tradition-hurley-behnken-columbia-endeavour/ 0:00 | Introduction 1:08 | Demo 2 Launches! 4:11 | Starship SN4 RUD 4:52 | Doug Hurley's Launch Tradition 7:35 | Older crewed test flights 12:37 | Space Weather 16:25 | Thank You 17:18 | Outtakes

Of course we have Ryan covering DM-2. Of course Jared is talking about Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne test. And of course Dr. Tamitha Skov is here to give us our weekly space weather. We'll be having a special edition of TMRO News on DM-2 once it's docked to the International Space Station. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join

This week Ryan tells us about SpaceX's Starship SN4, SN5, SN6, and how you can pilot your own Crew Dragon. Jared covers NASA purchasing a Soyuz seat just in case, along with launches, and preparations continuing on NASA's Perseverance rover through the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tamitha Skov gives up the scoop on our Sun and the space weather it's popping off this week. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join

TMRO News is quite loaded this week! We kick it off with Ryan getting his Ratpor a bit lit. China launches a new variant of the Long March 5B with a prototype of their new crewed spacecraft. For once a handful of X-37B payloads are not classified. Dr. Tamitha Skov returns with our Space Weather. Also: Tom Cruise wouldn't be the first, he'd be the third. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join "Apogee of Fear" from Richard Garriott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKOK0VzTix4

Ryan and Jared both discuss SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics winning NASA Human Landing System contracts, and it's another Space Bonanza with Jared covering a big spread of spaceflight stories from around the industry. Dr. Tamitha Skov's Space Weather segment will return next week. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join

This week Ryan gets you up to speed about the cold SpaceX Starship developments. Jared talks the very few details trickling in about China's Mars mission, the launch and arrival of Progress MS-14, a freezing of SeaLaunch, and NASA putting their best minds to work to handle the technical hurdles of our current pandemic. Where's the talk of the new Artemis Lunar Lander contracts? We've got that baking right now. And remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join